Question

1. Define the following terminologies
2. Holistic healthcare:

Insignia:

Caduceus:

Theoretical framework:

Nurse Practice Acts:

Joint Commission:

Outcome-based care:

Advance directive:

Good Samaritan Act:

Negligence:

2. Describe the importance of nursing insignia, uniforms, and the nursing school pin.
3. List at least 10 of Florence Nightingale’s nursing principles that are still practice today.
4. Compare the education and level of practice between Registered and Practical Nurses.
5. List the roles of nurses today, briefly explaining each one.
6. State the rights and the responsibilities of healthcare clients.
7. Explain Informed consent and its process.
8. List at least 5 legal responsibilities in Nursing
9. As you come on duty, you check your client’s chart and notice that he received an injection of Demerol 100 mg at 2:00 PM and again at 3:30 PM on the same day. Two different nurses administered these injections. Administration of the medication is to be given every 4 hours.
10. What action would you take and why?

2. What legal implication apply to this situation?

3. Has a crim been committed? Why or why not?

10. As nursing student, you are working part-time in a hospital. A client there is being discharged in a couple of days and asks you on a date next week. (Assume you are single and find the client attractive.)

1. How do you respond? Why?

2. What are legal implications of dating a client?

Answer 1

1. DEFINITIONS:

1. HOLISITIC HEALTHCARE:IT REFERS TO PROVIDING HEALTHCARE TO A PERSON IN ALL ASPECTS WHICH INCLUDES PHYSICAL, MENTAL,SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL REQUIREMENTS.

2.INSIGNIA:IT IS A PATTERN OR A SYMBOL IN THE FORM OF BADGE WHICH SHOWS THAT THE PARTICULAR PERSON BELONGS TO THE PARTICULAR ORGANIZATION AND HOLD A PARTICULAR  AUTHORITY OR HONOR.

3.CADUCEUS:THE TERM DENOTES THE SYMBOL OF TWO SERPENTS WRAPPED AROUND THE STAFF .

4.THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK:THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK IS A STRUCTURE THAT SUPPORTS A THEORY THAT EXPLAINS THE STUDY OF A RESEARCH PROBLEM.

5.NURSE PRACTICE ACTS:NURSE PRACTCE ACTS WERE ENACTED WITH ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE AND FOR SAFE NURSING PRACTICE.

6.JOINT COMMISSION:JOINT COMMISSION EVALUATES THE HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS AND PROVIDES CONTINUOUS IMPROVED HEALTHCARE SUPPORT TO THE PUBLIC .

7.OUTCOME-BASED CARE:IT IS A HEALTHCARE SYSTEM WHICH CONCENTRATES ON REDUCED DIFFERENCES IN THE METHOD OF TREATMENT FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DISEASES AND ILLNESSES.

8.ADVANCE DIRECTIVE:IT IS ALSO REFERRED TO AS ADVANCE HEALTHCARE DIRECTIVE, PERSONAL DIRECTIVE ,MEDICAL DIRECTIVE OR LIVING WILL .IT REFERS TO A SET OF INSTRUCTIONS WHICH IS PREPARED IN ADVANCE BY AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS ILL ABOUT THE HEALTHCARE WISHES.

9.GOOD SAMARITAN ACT:IT PROVIDES LEGAL PROTECTION TO THE PEOPLE WHO ATTEMPTS TO HELP A STRANGER WHO IS BELIEVED TO BE ILL, INJURED .

10.NEGLIGENCE:IT REFERS TO A SITUATION IN WHICH ONE FAILS TO PROVIDE THE REQUIRED CARE OUT OF MERE CARELESSNESS.

IMPORTANCE OF NURSING INSIGNIA,UNIFORMS AND THE NURSING SCHOOL PIN:

• MAKES THE NURSES LOOK MORE PROFESSIONAL.
• NURSING INSIGNIA HELPS IN IDENTIFICATION OF THE CADER AND THE ORGANIZATION THE NURSE WORKS FOR.
• THE NURSING UNIFORM MAKES THE CLIENT FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IN IDENTIFYING THE NURSE.
• NURSING SCHOOL PIN SIGNIFIES A RELIOGIOUS SYMBOL SUCH AS THE MALTESE CROSS OR THE STAR OF DAVID.

TEN FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE'S NURSING PRINCIPLES THAT ARE STILL IN PRACTICE TODAY:

1. PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE.
2. NURSE MUST WORK AS A MEMBER OF A TEAM.
3. NURSES SHOULD DPEND THEIR TIME FOR CARING OF OTHERS AND NOT CLEANING.
4. SELF-DISCIPLINE AND SELF-EVALUATION ARE IMPORTANT.
5. THE SICK PERSON IS AN INDIVIDUAL WITH INDIVIDUAL REQUIREMENTS.
6. THE NURSE SHOULD BE SOUND IN BOTH MIND AND BODY.
7. THE NURSE DO NOT GRADUATE BUT CONTINUES TO LEARN THROUGHOUT HIS OR HER CAREER.
8. CLEANLINESS IS THE VITAL METHOD TO RECOVERY.
9. NURSING IS AN ART AND A SCIENCE.
10. NURSE IS A SPECIALITY.

EDUCATION AND LEVEL OF PRACTICE BETWEEN THE REGISTERED AND THE PRACTICAL NURSES:

	REGISTERED NURSE	PRACTICAL NURSE
EDUCATION	MINIMUM 2 YEAR DEGREE OR 3 YEAR DIPLOMA	CERTIFICATE OF 1 YEAR OF NURSING EDUCATION
LEVEL OF PRACTICE	MANAGEMENT OF THE DISEASE.PROVIDE DIRECT CARE TO THE PATIENT	SUPERVISION AND THEY ASSIST THE DOCTORS OR THE REGISTERED NURSE IN HEALTHCARE.